350 – The Xavier Protocols

In which we celebrate a milestone with a special collectible episode; there may already be a Charles Xavier in your basement; Onslaught lacks subtlety; Bill Watterson may or may not have changed his licensing policy on Earth-616; guns should not have hair; and Jay once again exercises his questionable lyrical skills.

X-PLAINED:

• Excalibur #100
• Fantastic Four #415
• X-Factor #125
• X-Men #55
• Onslaught (more) (again)
• The Xavier Protocols
• The many secret subbasements of Charles Francis Xavier
• The Xavier Protocols
• An extremely poor file-retrieval system
• Onslaught vs. the Fantastic Four
• Li’l Charlie
• A circus, kind of
• Lang disambiguation
• Onslaught’s new look
• Onslaught vs. several Avengers
• An unlicensed rug
• The only thing Bill Watterson loves
• Metaphorical Turkish delight
• The Brand Corporation (more) (again)
• Dark Descendents
• Hairy guns
• Caps for Sale
• A really big fight
• A very dramatic EMP
• Why Onslaught looks like that

NEXT EPISODE: Yep, more Onslaught!

“Magneto’s Cape” lyrics by Jay Edidin, with apologies to Marsha Norman. Performed by Steve Pence and Adam Faruqi and produced by Adam Faruqi.

CORRECTION: There are only three variant covers to this episode, not four; Jen Vaughn had to bow out due to other commitments.

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